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PLAINTIFF’S EXPERTS’ AFFIDAVITS WERE CONCLUSORY AND SPECULATIVE WITH RESPECT TO ONE DEFENDANT IN THIS MEDICAL MALPRACTICE ACTION; AND ANOTHER DEFENDANT’S EXPERTS WERE QUALIFIED TO OFFER OPINIONS IN AREAS OUTSIDE THEIR PARTICULAR FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, reversing Supreme Court in this medical malpractice action, determined plaintiff’s experts’ affidavits were conclusory and speculative with respect to defendant Neurological Associates and defendant Radiology Associates’ experts were qualified to offer their opinions. The complaint alleged plaintiff’s decedent’s brain tumor was not timely detected and treated:

… [P]laintiff’s experts “failed to provide any factual basis for [their] conclusion[s]” that Neurological Associates deviated from the standard of care in surgically resecting the tumor, documenting the resection, and advising decedent as to post-operative radiation and, therefore, the experts’ affidavits “lacked probative force and [were] insufficient as a matter of law to overcome” the motion with respect to those claims … . … [P]laintiff’s submissions are insufficient to raise a triable issue of fact whether any … deviation was a proximate cause of decedent’s injuries …  and offered only conclusory and speculative assertions that earlier detection of recurrence and additional treatment would have produced a different outcome for decedent … . …

… .Radiology Associates’ experts, who were board certified neurosurgeons, were qualified to offer opinions on the emergency department radiology services provided to decedent … , inasmuch as the experts “possessed the requisite skill, training, knowledge and experience to render . . . reliable opinion[s]” in this case … . It is well settled that “[a] physician need not be a specialist in a particular field to qualify as a medical expert and any alleged lack of knowledge in a particular area of expertise goes to the weight and not the admissibility of the testimony” … . Martingano v Hall, 2020 NY Slip Op 06618, Fourth Dept 11-13-20

 

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